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Special Education Interview Paper

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This interview was conducted on November 8, 2017. I interviewed Bridget Lahart at Medinah Primary School. I chose to interview her because she is the only special education teacher in this building in the district. Medinah Primary School is a preschool-2nd grade school. Bridget’s position is a Special Education teacher, she can be/has had contained classrooms or used as more of a resource. She strives to have a more of inclusive approach to special education. She writes IEP’s for this school as well as directs Rti for the school.
Throughout the interview, I found that Bridget really strives for students to be in an inclusive classroom as much as possible. She has had, in the past, fully special education classrooms where she is in the classroom with a student or two all day. This year, she does not have an students that need full time special education needs so she spends most of her time working to make sure students in the inclusive classrooms needs are being met. Her main duty this year is making sure there is enough support staff to be pushed into …show more content…

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